MI5 spy chief says Russia, China, Iran top threat list to UK | Federal News Network

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : He said Iran's intelligence services "are prepared to take reckless action" against opponents, both on Western soil and by luring people to Iran.
37% : Britain faces major security threats from the trio of Russia, China and Iran, which all use coercion, intimidation and even violence on foreign soil to pursue their interests, the U.K.'s domestic intelligence chief said Wednesday.
31% : But he singled out Iran as the state "which most frequently crosses into terrorism," saying U.K authorities have uncovered at least 10 "potential threats" this year to "kidnap or even kill British or U.K.-based individuals perceived as enemies of the regime."
30% : In a speech outlining the major threats to the U.K. from both hostile states and terror groups, McCallum said there is a risk Russia, China and Iran could help one another, "amplifying their strengths.""We are facing adversaries who have massive scale and are not squeamish about the tactics they deploy," he said.

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